egregious prescriptivism

[Patti J. Kurtz]

GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU wrote:

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>I didn't read Wilson Gray's comment as prescriptive. I thought he was =
>reminding us of an earlier thread in which it was suggested that "be =
>done" vs. "be through" might be indexical of some variety or other. =
>Obviously, I forget the details.
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Me, too-- and I thought he kidding bec. of that

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Dr. Patti J. Kurtz

Assistant Professor, English

Director of the Writing Center

Minot State University

Minot, ND 58707



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